Ron Paul takes on education establishment with “New School Manifesto”

Retired Texas Rep. Ron Paul is anything but retired. The three-time presidential candidate is speaking to college students across America and is working on his tenth book, this one taking on the American education establishment.

Paul’s “New School Manifesto” is set to release on September 17. It is being billed as a focused guide to fixing the education system in America. It will delve into the history of the education system and address what has gone wrong.

Ron Paul has strong opinions of educating America's kids. (AP photo)

Paul will be addressing education from a libertarian standpoint, something the Amazon.com book description says Paul’s followers have been waiting for.

“New School Manifesto” will strongly support homeschooling, free market principles and individual freedoms.

Throughout his political career Paul has advocated an end to the federal role in education. Bucking fellow Texan George W. Bush, he opposed Bush’s signature “No Child Left Behind” law — and tried to repeal it for a decade. He has long opposed federal student loans and the Department of Education. Speaking to a group of home schooling advocates in 2011, Paul called federal education efforts a “propaganda machine” indoctrinating children.

The book description challenges Americans to read the book, even if you disagree with Paul’s political ideologies.

“Ron Paul’s beliefs are always controversial, and even if you disagree with his principles, his arguments will make you think,” his publisher declares. “Ron Paul’s ideas and his urgent appeal to all citizens and officials will tell us what we need to do fix America’s education system for future generations.”